Yoga in One Syllable

Yoga places a heavy importance on abdominal strength and the suppleness of the spine. Maintaining strength and suppleness in these areas ensures a consistent supply of fresh oxygenated blood to the internal organs and so helps to keep them at their optimum performance. Part of this is achieved through the subtle consistent movements of the [...]

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Meditation occurs in many philosophical and spiritual traditions as a way to become aware of one’s true nature and thereby reach peace within one’s self, and it forms one of the fundamental pillars of Yoga. It’s a discipline that you can spend your entire life cultivating and refining, but as a starting point, we can [...]

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Last post I talked about focusing on the breath as a way to stay in the present moment. This technique works well because we are working with ourselves, observing our own experience and determining how we will respond to whatever comes our way. But you’ve probably noticed that however we decide to run our lives, [...]

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‘Being present’ is a constant theme in many Eastern philosophies, and with good reason. Have you ever noticed that unhappiness actually arises from your memory of past experiences, or from the imaginings about your as-yet-undetermined future?

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Last post I talked about how, through our interaction with our surroundings, we can overload the mind with excessive sensory information, and how this can leave the mind feeling sluggish and clogged. But there are times when the external environment is beyond our control. Now, for example: as I am writing this email, a gang [...]

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Lately, the yoga community has been debating the pros and cons of Bikram Chowdury’s proposal that Yoga should become an Olympic Sport. At first glance competition Yoga would seem to be missing the purpose, but is it as simple as that?

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Being human means we’ve been blessed with a mind. Yoga helps the mind to work better, to see things more clearly, to concentrate more effectively, and to understand how things really work. How does yoga go about doing this?

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